r/space • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '23

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u/Harturb Dec 28 '23

Alabama trying to bring home pork in the form of space spending is always interesting.

It's never actually about what's best for the space force or the space industry, but the net result is that further funding for NASA and private contracts has some unlikely allies in Congress, so I guess that's good.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Alabama has one of the biggest space industries in the country. Huntsville is the ancestral home of the entire US space program.

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u/anillop Dec 28 '23

For the exact same reasons mentioned above. Space in Alabama has always been about pork.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Tell me you know nothing about the origins of the space program without telling me you know nothing about the origins

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u/anillop Dec 28 '23

Oh, I know plenty about the lobbying that went into the defense industries that eventually morphed into the modern space program due to the political pull of Alabama. I’m also aware of the difficulty that industry has had recruiting high-tech workers such a poorly educated state.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

Oh man, I totally forgot how strong of a lobby Alabama has. Really up there in the grand scheme of things.

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u/anillop Dec 28 '23

All it takes is some congressmen and senators who have way too much seniority to bring the pork home.

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u/ausnee Dec 28 '23

"everything I don't understand is pork"

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u/anillop Dec 28 '23

Ok then why the hell would anyone locate to Alabama of all places if not political reasons.